We have been extremely dry for the last three summers. Because of modern farming practices, farmers were able to grow crops.
However, when it comes to ornamentals there was a challenge. Many of these plants have not been developed for dry conditions. Most people stopped watering grass. If you walked over my grass for the last three years it was crunchy.
So seven days ago it rained...lots of rain. the first day we had 3 and 3/4 inches of in. It rained
more until we had about 5 in. of rain. Rain like this benefits the whole system.
Well, wouldn't you know it, there's a down side to the rain. Mosquito eggs have been sitting there waiting for moisture so that they could hatch. So seven days after the rain we have mosquitoes. I wear hearing aides so when mosquitoes land on the hearing aides or come close to them the buzz is amplified.
So tonight on my walk I had many mosquitoes land on the hearing aides.
